Suicide, depression, love, sexuality, crushes, cliques of popular, manipulative peers — the whole gamut of teen life is explored in this literary graphic masterpiece.
Mariko Tamaki (www.marikotamaki.com) is a Toronto-based writer and performer. She is the author of Cover Me, True Lies and the Book of Bad Advice, Fake ID and Emiko Superstar (with Steve Rolston). Her writing has also appeared in Herizons, Maisonneuve, No More Potlucks, Xtra! and the National Post.
Jillian Tamaki (www.jilliantamaki.com) currently lives and works in New York, where her clients include the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, the Walrus, Macleans and the Village Voice.